The "Academic Publishing in a New Era" feature in the latest issue of @contexts.org magazine includes my short piece "A Service, Not a Product." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In this episode of WUNC Due South, author of WHY BLACK PEOPLE DIE SOONER Joseph L. Graves, Jr. interprets the gap in life expectancy between Black and white Americans and debunks the misconception that race can dictate disease prevalence.

Judith Butler, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Cornel West, Susan Buck-Morss, Seyla Benhabib, Bruno Bosteels, and more will be joining us for Hegel 13/13 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social in the new year 2026! Mark your calendars: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu

💥 Citizen Scholar made the list of book forums for next year's @asanews.bsky.social meetings. 💥 Thanks to @nvancleve.bsky.social, @davidsmeyer.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social, and @jessicacalarco.com for agreeing to discuss! And @columbiaup.bsky.social www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...

"Just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination." Why Flagships Are Winning, by Ian F. McNeely author of THE UNIVERSITY UNFETTERED: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION tinyurl.com/5989zc3d @columbiaup.bsky.social

Another great @lithub.com.web.brid.gy round-up of the year's best in book cover design.

"Federal attacks on elite private universities, and a few public ones, might lead one to believe that our entire system of higher education is buckling under pressure. But just below the media and political fray, flagship research institutions are forging ahead with great determination." Ian McNeely

Where did data science come from? In his new book, ASA member Philipp Brandt @scpo-research.bsky.social examines how computer experts and hackers integrated established technologies and methodologies—and some questionable ideas—into a profession. @columbiaup.bsky.social

Two @nyupress.bsky.social books on this list

New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.

Congratulations to Laura Helton, whose book, SCATTERED & FUGITIVE THINGS: HOW BLACK COLLECTORS CREATED ARCHIVES & REMADE HISTORY, published in Black Lives in the Diaspora series, was shortlisted for the 2024 MLA First Book Prize! bit.ly/44Tk91U @lehelton.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Great piece to mark the 50th anniversary of Hannah Arendt's death by @jenszalai.bsky.social - we are very lucky that she has continued to write about ideas and new non-fiction for the @nytimes.com all these years: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...

"Though the prospective closure of BUP may appear a blip on the radar of a fast-changing landscape of higher education, it is yet another warning bell signaling the erosions of shared governance on campuses nationwide." Jeremy Chow

Great to see Rachelle Rahmé's Mercurial, or Is That Liberty on Lit Hub's list of 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025: lithub.com/100-notable-...

If you’re watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and happen to notice how funky Guaraldi got with the music, this post is for you

How has support for political violence in America shifted over the past year and who has the highest levels of support? My new piece at @brookings.edu provides answers by comparing data from #NoKings2.0 with a national survey fielded right after: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

We're enjoying the African Studies conference. Visit us in booth #303 to view books from presses such as @dukepress.bsky.social @lynneriennerpub.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social Wits University Press/@nyupress.bsky.social & many more! #africana #asa2025

It's 75 years strong for @utexaspress.bsky.social.

"When any administration announces its intention to shutter a press, it’s basically abdicating its responsibility to the network that supports the scholarly production of its own faculty as well as scholars everywhere." - Peter Berkery, @aupresses.bsky.social

Read everything Joseph L. Graves, Jr. writes.

Join Joseph L. Graves Jr. for a book talk about WHY BLACK PEOPLE DIE SOONER tomorrow, Nov. 19 at 1 PM. Details available at:

We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor 🎉 "UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇 bit.ly/4i7t3yb

Join Matthew Facciani for a book talk about MISGUIDED at The Seminary Co-op today at 4 PM. RSVP now! buff.ly/csOhln2

Tomorrow in Chicago, I’ll be talking with Dr. Michael Cohen about my new book, Misguided. We’ll explore why false beliefs take hold, how our identities and social networks influence what we believe, and what we can actually do to push back against misinformation today www.semcoop.com/event/matthe...

Fabulous day with @philipncohen.com, hosting two talks @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social. @antoinevernet.com and I (big nerds that we are 🤓) even had our books signed! Thank you so much for including us on your sabbatical tour.

This UP week we #TeamUP with @nyupress.bsky.social to discuss food in the city! Check out our executive director Lisa Quinn's post: buff.ly/WnfizBO

In honor of #UPWeek, we've partnered with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social to explore how food shapes identity across borders. Nothing says NYC like pastrami on rye from Katz's, but did you know Montreal has its own take on the Jewish deli tradition? Learn about that here:

It's UP week and at @nyupress.bsky.social we #TeamUP with our friends at @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social to #ReadUP with a focus food in the city.

In this blog post, Carolette Norwood reflects on how authors in the Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past/Present/Future writing groups #TeamUP to "sustain one another not only as scholars but also as writers, teachers, and community stakeholders." buff.ly/Joev9zS @aupresses.bsky.social #AUPWeek #ReadUP

Here's a link to the full clip of my TED Talk trimmed and animated by Thought Cafe: www.youtube.com/shorts/lTwxz...

First review of The Loyalty Trap is out at Social Forces. I'm so honored Lis Clemens was the one to review the book. She also gave us wise editorial advice on our first article from the project while she was editor at AJS. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

49 member press directors gathered in Chicago this week for the 2025 AUPresses Directors Summit. Together they explored big questions shaping scholarly publishing and shared strategies for leading effectively in times of rapid change.

Now that #NoKings 2.0 is behind us, here's a quick 🧵 into the data we collected in DC on Saturday to start thinking about what the day-of-action can tell us about this wave of Resistance to Trump2.0 and its policies. The day turned out millions across the US in over 2700 locations across the US:

In the event that you want to donate to @nyupress.bsky.social, you now can through the NYU Division of Libraries donation page. Just select NYU Press from the dropdown menu. www.givecampus.com/campaigns/26...

This is an excellent piece from @georgianndavis.bsky.social on the wave of anti-scientific censorship sweeping the country and what it means to teach honestly in the moment.

Tomorrow (October 1st) at 12:30 pm EDT, please join @nyu.edu in welcoming Steven Lukes for a discussion of his new book, The Diversity of Morals. Learn more about this in-person event here: press.princeton.edu/events/steve....

Some strong cover and jacket designs in Spine's September 2025 university press round-up including ...

Invaluable perspective here for academic authors on how to think about how your book fits with a given UP list, & how editors think about what they're looking for. #writing #publishing 🗃️ newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/alyssa...

Bucknell is closing its university press bc apparently it "doesn't serve undergrads." What content exactly do they think is being taught in upper-level undergrad courses? IT'S RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS FROM PRESSES LIKE BUCKNELL UP. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

I’ve been lucky enough to work alongside Alyssa (& hope to resume doing so post sabbatical) and she’s wonderful. Quick, clear, and a real lover of authors and books. I hope you’ll reach out and share your sociology book project ideas with her!!

Rules for Reactionaries reveals how language both reflects and shapes our politics. By reminding us each of the power we possess, Bebout challenges us to not only combat the rhetoric of reactionaries, but to change our own way of thinking.

Since it’s #ClimateWeekNYC, my TED Talk just hit 490k views, and the polycrisis is upon us, I’m reupping my case for being an Apocalyptic Optimist Ready to rally as activists, disruptors, and bridge builders in these darkening days: go.ted.com/danarfisher

Jonathan Greenberg of @nyupress.bsky.social and @nyulibraries.bsky.social on the reader he is developing for the multi volume series Jews in the Soviet Union.

"A groundbreaking study that showcases the intertwined history of American and Latinx media." - Kirkus Reviews

Howard Husock and Scott Simon discuss The Projects: How Public Housing Failed America